Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.

"You say you use the CGI module. Read the documentation of its header(
+) method."
I just went though it and I understand you can use these predefinted f
+unctions to generate the header and footer info.  Should I assume tha
+t is a much more preferrable way to do it rather than, "print "<html>
+<head></head><body>blah, blah....";  ?

"The usage instructions for most Perl modules are embedded into the mo
+dule, use http://search.cpan.org/ or the perldoc utility to read them
+. "
The problem is that since I'm just a newbie, I have a hard time unders
+tanding what I'm reading.  For example, I tried to read about the Jav
+aScript::DataFormValidator but didn't really understand how to use it
+ in my program.

"Placing huge loads of javascript into a variable in a module may seem
+ tempting, but consider placing the javascript into an external javas
+cript file, and have the web server deliver it directly. Delivering c
+ontent from a CGI script is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. "

I actually had an external JavaScript file I was using, but my main is
+sue is that I'm unable to utilize it within my Perl file.  When I hit
+ the submit button, my Javascript validation is not working (nothing 
+happens - should be an alert).  What exactly do you mean by "Deliveri
+ng content from a CGI script..."

Thanks again for the help!

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